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URSZULA

ania — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:52:52 GMT

The concert is great

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Kayah

ania — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 12:33:40 GMT

Katarzyna Szczot (Kayah) (born 5 November 1967 in BiaÅystok) is one of the most successful female Polish singer-songwriters. She has released several albums, and won numerous awards. At the start of her career, Kayah sang in choirs and with many bands (such as Tilt and Atrakcyjny Kazimierz). She made her solo debut with the song Daughter in 1988 at the Sopot Festival. She released her first, self-produced solo album, Kamien (Stone), in 1996. It was a great success, consisting of melancholy pop songs. In the same year, she was voted ‘Vocalist of the Year’ by the Polish music industry and received a Fryderyk in recognition of her achievements. In 1997, she received another Fryderyk, this time for the album Zebra, in the category of ‘Composer of the Year’. With Zebra she changed her style, moving in the direction of American soul music. In 1999, she recorded one of the most popular Polish albums ever, with the Balkan composer Goran BregoviÄ, entitled Kayah & BregoviÄ: it is a blend of old Slavic songs and modern rhythms. Most of the music was composed by BregoviÄ for the band Bijelo Dugme (White Button), which he had been a part of and movie soundtracks that he had worked on. The lyrics are both translations of the original text and inspired. In the same year she was awarded a Wiktor and another Fryderyk, in the category ‘Vocalist of the Year’. In 2000, she released the album Jaka Ja Kayah which featured pop, jazz, and techno-influenced songs. She also released the single "Aniol Wiedzial" ("The Angel Knew") from the album, duetted with Cesaria Evora in Portuguese, and recorded English-language versions of some of her songs. She was twice cast in advertisements for Polish mobile phone's Web - Orange POP (formerly Idea POP)

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Urszula Kasprzak

ania — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 12:28:46 GMT

Actress:1990s 1980s "Zakleta" (1997) (mini) TV mini-series .... Jenny Glód serca (1988) (TV) (as Urszula) .... Janusz's Co-WorkerOch, Karol (1985) .... Jola ... aka Oh, Charles! Self:Alabama (1984) .... HerselfKwiaty polskie (1983) .... Herself

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Kayah

ania — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 10:58:45 GMT

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Urszula Kasprzak

ania — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 15:34:03 GMT

Urszula :*

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Patricia Kaas

ania — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 20:12:00 GMT

Jalouse (1985-87) In 1985 Kaas was finally produced by the French actor Gérard Depardieu at the age of 19. Schwartz saw her singing at the Rumpelkammer in Saarbrücken and introduce her to the songwriter François Bernheim. Bernheim worked with her and convince Depardieu to produce her. Depardieu produced Kaas' first single Jalouse (Eng: Jealous), written by Bernheim and Depardieu's wife Elisabeth. The single was published by EMI, but was a flop. Nonetheless her encounter with Depardieu was one of the most important events in the beginning of Kaas' artistic career.

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Early life - Patricia Kaas

ania — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 11:06:26 GMT

Patricia Kaas was born as the youngest of seven children (five boys and two girls) on 5th December 1966 in Forbach, Lorraine, France, near the border of Germany. Her father Joseph (a miner) was French, her mother Irmgard German. Kaas grew up in Stiring-Wendel, between Forbach and Saarbrücken on the French side of the border. Until the age of six she spoke only a German dialect. Her Franco-German heritage resulted in a constant interest in improving the relationship between the two countries. Her mother encouraged Kaas to become a singer from a very young age. At the age of eight Kaas was already singing songs by Sylvie Vartan, Dalida, Claude François and Mireille Mathieu, but also English-language songs such as New York, New York, at various small events; among others the marriage of her brother. Her first great success came when she received first place at a pop song contest. At her first appearances Kaas was already displaying the throaty, smoky voice that would lead to comparisons with Édith Piaf and Marlene Dietrich. Kaas took her first step into the professional music business at the age of 13, when, with the help of her brother Egon, she signed a contract with the Saarbrücken Club Rumpelkammer. Kaas took the name Pady Pax, after the brass band Pax Majorettes from Stiring-Wendel, of which she and her sister Carine were members, and for seven years appeared with the band Dob's Lady Killers. At 16 she took a placement with a model agency in Metz. Kaas' first attempts to break into the music business once and for all initially failed, however; a producer rejected her on the grounds that the world did not need a second Mireille Mathieu. Kaas' producer at this time was the architect Bernard Schwartz, who would lead her to her first great success.

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Kayah

ania — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 09:13:14 GMT

Kyah with Tede

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Urszula Kasprzak

ania — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 14:17:35 GMT

Urszula in the concert in POLAND in Opole >>>

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Patricia Kaas

ania — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 14:09:51 GMT

Patricia Kaas (born December 5, 1966 in Forbach, France) is a French singer and actress. Kaas is one of the most successful French-speaking singers in the world. Stylistically her music is not classical chanson, but is closer to a mixture of pop music, jazz and chanson. Since the appearance of her debut album Mademoiselle chante… in 1988 Kaas has sold more than 14 million records worldwide. She had her greatest success in, e. g., Germany, Russia, Finland, and Korea with her third album Je te dis vous, which reached 11th and 2nd place in the German's charts respectively. A significant ingredient of her successful formula is her impressive stage presence; Kaas is almost constantly on tour internationally. In 2002 Kaas had her film debut in And now... Ladies and Gentlemen beside Jeremy Irons.

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